[pianotech] wayward hammer return springs

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Fri Mar 27 09:04:26 PDT 2009


reggaepass at aol.com wrote:
> List,
> 
> Does anybody out there have any idea how a hammer return spring could 
> become dislodged from it's cloth-lined groove in the hammer butt?  About 
> a dozen were poking out from between hammer shanks on a Baldwin 
> Hamilton, and I haven't been able to offer the client an explanation as 
> to how they became truant from doing their usual duty.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan Eder
> 

-Little fingers retrieving a pencil, etc.?
-Rodentia?

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
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